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Descriptor English: Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Fiebre Aftosa
Descriptor fiebre aftosa
Entry term(s) aftas epizoóticas
glosopeda
Scope note: Enfermedad altamente infecciosa causada por el VIRUS DE LA FIEBRE AFTOSA que afecta a mamíferos del orden ARTIODACTYLA (GANADO VACUNO, OVEJAS, CABRAS y CERDOS), caracterizada por fiebre alta seguida de la aparición de vesículas en la boca y en las patas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Febre Aftosa
Descriptor French: Fièvre aphteuse
Entry term(s): Disease, Foot-and-Mouth
Diseases, Foot-and-Mouth
Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot-and-Mouth Diseases
Tree number(s): C01.925.782.687.484
C22.380
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005536
Scope note: A highly infectious disease caused by FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS that affects mammals of the ARTIODACTYLA order (CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and PIGS) and is characterized by high fever followed by the appearance of blisters inside the mouth and on the feet.
Annotation: do not confuse with HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; check tag ANIMALS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VI virology
Entry Version: FOOT MOUTH DIS
DeCS ID: 5666
Unique ID: D005536
NLM Classification: SF 793
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05
Foot-and-Mouth Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0008725
Scope note A highly infectious disease caused by FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS that affects mammals of the ARTIODACTYLA order (CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and PIGS) and is characterized by high fever followed by the appearance of blisters inside the mouth and on the feet.
Preferred term Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Entry term(s) Disease, Foot-and-Mouth
Diseases, Foot-and-Mouth
Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot-and-Mouth Diseases



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